Joe: Jaime, when are you coming aboard?
E: I get seasick in the _______. (Have you) seen my _______?
J: Yeah, I saw him riding around here somewhere. Hey, listen, I heard _______ _______ is pushing whole hog* into PCs.
E: I ________ ________ _______ there anymore.
Fabiola: Jaime's _______ _______ _______ now. Here's your thingy.*
J: Wow. Why didn't you come to me if you got laid off? We're paying kids right out of college 30 Gs* to start.
E: I didn't get laid off, Joe. I _______ _______ _______ .
J: A high school _______ . Well, good. That's _______ .
Escalantes, to his son: This is_______ _______ . I don't want to have to tell you.
Son: I was _______ to _______ it. Why do you think I was _______ _______ ?
E: You're not even breathing hard, you're hurrying home so fast. Have a _______ _______ , Joe.
thingy = a little thing that you don't know the name of. In this case, it is the little piece of plastic or wire used to close the garbage bag.
30 Gs = 30,000 dollars. G is an abbrevation of grand, a slang word meaning 1000 dollars. In this case, Joe is saying that entry level workers at his company earn 30,000 dollars a year.
Ortega: I'm the last person to say that this math department couldn't improve, but if you want _______ _______ scores, start by changing the _______ level of this _______ .
Principle: The purpose of this meeting is to review the recommendations for accreditation*. _______ _______ ? Anybody?
Teacher: Yeah, I don't think that _______ _______ _______ _______ math next semester, I mean, I was hired to be a Phys Ed* instructor.
Ortega: As I said before, we lack the resources to implement* the _______ that the district _______ .
Principle: Mr. Suzuki, you must have _______ _______ _______ comment.
Suzuki: This may not be the right time to say this but...I'm _______ _______ _______ after Christmas. I got a job with Aerospace.
Teacher: How much will you make?
Principle: Look, we have the remainder of the year before we are put on probation.* Now _______ _______ _______ we'll lose our accreditation.
Ortega: If we fail? You can't teach logarithms* to illiterates*. Look, these kids come to us with barely a seventh grade education. Now there isn't a teacher in this room who isn't doing everything he possibly can...
Escalante:_______ _______ . I can _______ _______ .
Ortega: I'm sure Mr. Escalante has _______ intentions, but he's only been here a _______ _______ .
Escalante: Students will _______ to the level of expectations, Senor Molina.
Principle: All right, what do you need, Mr. Escalante?
Escalante: Ganas.* That's all we _______ is ganas.
Teacher: What's ganas?
recommendations for accreditation = the suggestions of the school district office as to what the school should do to prepare for the accreditation review
Phys Ed = Physical Education
implement = carry out a plan
probation = this is a 'conditional' status. If the school's test scores are too low, it will be put on probation for a period of time. During that time it must improve; if it does not, it will lose its accreditation.
logarithms = ÎëÆä
illiterates = people who cannot read or write
ganas= this is a Spanish word, hard to translate into English. Mr. Escalante translates it as 'desire' at one point.